Abstract:

Stein Rokkan was one of the leading social scientists of the post-war
era. He was a prolific writer, yet nowhere is his contribution to social
sciencethe macro-model of the political development of
Europepresented in an integrated and systematic way. Stein Rokkan had
plans to do this but he died before the work could be started. The current
tensions between integration and national reassertion in Europe have given
Rokkans basic approach fresh importance. To demonstrate its relevance,
this book has been produced, based solely on his numerous writings which have
been carefully selected, edited, and rearranged to present his theory as a
coherent whole. A comprehensive interpretive essay by Peter Flora serves to
introduce Rokkans text, emphasising its consistency and its relevance to
future research.

Contents:

Introduction and Interpretation  Peter Flora

A State Formation and Nation-Building

I Basic Concepts, Models, Maps

1. Differentiation and Boundary-Building

2. Centres and Peripheries

3. The Basic Model

4. A Model and Conceptual Map of Europe

II The Territorial Structuring of Europe

1. Conditions of State Formation and Nation-Building

2. Nation-Building and Language

3. The Survival of Peripheral Identity

4. Federal Versus Unitary Structure

B Mass Politics

III The Democratisation of Europe

1. Exit and Voice

2. The Four Thresholds of Democratisation

3. Numerical Democracy and Corporate Pluralism

IV Cleavage Structures and Party Systems

1. Cleavages and Their Political Translation

2. Critical Junctures, Alliances, and Oppositions

3. Party Systems and the Model of Europe

Notes

Bibliography

Documentation

Index

About the author:

Stein Rokkan was Professor of Sociology at the University of
Bergen and a founder of the European Consortium for Political Research.

About the editors:

Peter Flora is Professor of Sociology at the University of
Mannheim. Stein Kuhnle is Professor of Comparative Politics at the
University of Bergen. Derek Urwin is Professor of Politics and
International Relations at the University of Aberdeen.

About the series:

Comparative European Politics is a series for students and teachers of
political science and related disciplines, published in association with the
European Consortium for Political Research. Each volume will provide an
up-to-date survey of the current state of knowledge and research on an issue of
major significance in European government and politics. The General Editors are
Max Kaase, Professor of Political Science, University of Mannheim and Research
Professor, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, and Kenneth Newton, Professor of
Government at Essex University.